Henry Hyde: “There is no request to be objected to at this time, but the Chair would be glad to recognize the gentleman from Michigan…”

The more valuable our dissent into weakness, dissension and inaction, the greater the aid and comfort we give to our enemies.

Members of this Committee know the story of how Congressman Henry Hyde changed his mind when the 1982 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act was in play by virtue of the facts and the testimony that he saw.

I was simply going to suggest to my good friend, Mr. Berman, that while you are looking for patterns of conduct, think of the Libya example. Mr. Khadaffi might just turn in all their weapons. That is entirely possible.

I certainly would like to prevent, if I could legally, anybody having an abortion--a rich woman, a middle-class woman, or a poor woman.